Cox said that due to the seriousness of the baby's injuries he was moved to Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk, where he died Saturday afternoon.

ALFORD PLEA ENTERED IN TODDLER'S DEATH

RICHMOND - A Richmond man has entered an Alford plea of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 23-month-old toddler on Valentine's Day.

Lynwood Leroy Thrower, 22, had been scheduled for trial on a capital murder charge in October but pleaded to the reduced charge instead. He also pleaded to using a firearm in the murder, and of attempting to rob a man.

In entering the Alford pleas, Thrower did not admit guilt but acknowledged that prosecutors have enough evidence to convict him. He faces a maximum penalty of life plus 13 years in prison.

Sentencing is set for Oct. 9.

Two other men, Jamar Paxton and William Sally, have been charged with first-degree murder.

Police said the suspects were trying to rob someone outside an apartment building. They chased the victim into the building, shots were fired in a hallway and the girl and a man inside the house were hit, Collins said.

The toddler, Kayla Brown, died instantly. Melvin Brinkley, 47, was shot in the leg. The intended robbery victim fled through a second-floor window.

Paxton is scheduled to be tried Thursday. Sally's trial is set Aug. 26.

MOM ASKS COURT TO MOVE MURDER TRIAL

ALEXANDRIA - A woman charged in the death of her 3-year-old daughter has asked a judge to move her trial out of Alexandria because she says extensive media coverage will make it impossible to find an unbiased jury.

William E. Findler, a lawyer for Pennee Frazier, said in a motion filed this week in Alexandria Circuit Court that articles in The Washington Post about how Alexandria handled the former foster child's case have tainted the jury pool.

Katelyn Frazier was found unconscious in her mother's apartment Dec. 27, three months after she was removed from foster care. She died two days later of blunt force trauma to the head.

Frazier, 25, who is scheduled to go to trial Sept. 17, is charged with involuntary manslaughter. Her boyfriend, Asher Levin, 31, is charged with murder. Both are charged with child abuse.

MAN GETS 20 YEARS IN SEX ABUSE CASE

STANARDSVILLE- A Greene County man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing four boys over a three- year period.

In an agreement with prosecutors, Richard Rowzie, 47, pleaded guilty in April to two counts of forcible sodomy, two counts of abduction with the intent to defile and seven counts of taking custodial indecent liberties with the boys.

Judge William Sweeny on Friday ordered Rowzie to be registered as a sex offender and undergo counseling. He also was banned from having unsupervised contact with minors.

Rowzie apologized during sentencing in Greene County Circuit Court on Friday. "All I really wanted was a family," Rowzie said. "Everything got out of hand."

Rowzie molested four boys between 1996 and 1999. Three of the children were under 13 at the time, but are now 18 or older.